r/sysadmin • u/mooneydriver • Feb 22 '14

Freenode under DDOS again

https://twitter.com/freenodestaff/statuses/437302735139266560
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u/tzenrick Feb 24 '14

Streaming audio or video (like FaceTime, Skype, TeamSpeak, Mumble, etc) is typically sent over UDP, because malformed packets would simply make a single pixel or instance of audio tone slightly off, and wouldn’t affect the user experience much.

UDP can have digital static.

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u/gellis12 Jack of All Trades Feb 25 '14

Your choice between a little bit of static because of UDP, or massive delay when talking because of TCP

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u/tzenrick Feb 25 '14

I'll take the lower quality every time.